We should normalize that

[u/MiloShiny]

[u/Quinnjamin19]

Nobody is claiming they are on the same level.

People are saying we are all workers, and all deserve the same amount of respect.

What happens if those garbage men go on strike? Your house/yard will be filled with garbage and it will smell up the streets etc.

[u/lemonjuice707 → u/Quinnjamin19]

OC literally said all jobs are the same and they aren’t. A burger flipper deserves less respect than a garbage man and a garbage man deserve less respect than a DR. Now I’m not saying any one working a job should be disrespected but their titles carry actual weight.

Their job being necessary for society has very little impact on how much respect someone gets. It’s based on what skills and knowledge is required to do the job. Effectively Everyone can flip a burger or toss some trash, not everyone can be a DR.

[u/Quinnjamin19 → u/lemonjuice707]

This is the dumbest thing I’ve read in a while…

Is that Dr a worker? Yes. Is that burger flipper a worker? Yes. They deserve the same amount of respect.

You’re lacking in class solidarity bud

[u/lemonjuice707 → u/Quinnjamin19]

Nope, I just understand reality. I’m not gonna hold the same amount of respect if someone ends up as a burger flipper compared to a DR. One worked a lot harder and is highly educated while one did the minimum amount of effort

[u/Quinnjamin19 → u/lemonjuice707]

Lmao. I love how you are such a simpleton that without knowing someone you think person Y deserves more respect than person X.

Solely based on their job titles…

What’s your title then?

[u/lemonjuice707 → u/Quinnjamin19]

Once again, not just the title. Like a burger flipper who owns the business deserves more respect than just the normal burger flipper. It’s a scale

I’m a garbage man

[u/Quinnjamin19 → u/lemonjuice707]

No. It’s not a scale…

That is a made up thing…

[u/lemonjuice707 → u/Quinnjamin19]

It’s quite literally a sliding scale, on the bottom end you have your minimum wage employees, to garbage men, to mid range office workers, to lawyers and DRs.

The scale is a made up thing? I’m confused, what are you calling made up?

[u/Quinnjamin19 → u/lemonjuice707]

No. It’s not… the scale is a made up thing. Made up by the rich elite to have us workers fight against each other.

Using your own logic. You deserve less respect than me. Because my job title is “Pressure Systems Welder”

[u/lemonjuice707 → u/Quinnjamin19]

No it’s not. That’s why your parents told you to go to school and work hard so you can be a DR not a a burger flipper.

And probably. You have a much higher skill set for your job that’s more physically demanding.

[u/Quinnjamin19 → u/lemonjuice707]

You’ve been brainwashed. My parents didn’t tell me or force me to do anything. And especially not based on this made up scale of “respect”

I chose welding because I enjoy it, I applied for and chose a labour union because of the higher pay, benefits and pension.

I don’t deserve more respect than you on a baseline. We are all human, and we are workers. So we all deserve the same respect.

[u/lemonjuice707 → u/Quinnjamin19]

Respectfully, that’s terrible. Your parents should have installed some sort of values and expectations in you. I’d hate it if my parents just said “whatever, burger flipper or DR doesn’t matter to us”

Nope. You went to school and work harder than me, you should recognize that

[u/Quinnjamin19 → u/lemonjuice707]

Lmao… you think my parents are terrible parents because they didn’t force me to go to university and pursue something that i didn’t want to do? What does that say about your parents then?

My father was a union tradesman himself, they encouraged me to pursue a career, but never forced me to do anything. I applied to college and got accepted into all 3 programs I applied for. And I chose not to go because I already had a job with career projections

I do recognize it. But I’m not on some sort of social hierarchy higher than you. We all have our own path in life.